10.24.2012

Let's do it, we totally can, it can be like the wave in slow motion, gradually, one at a time, it will catch on and we can be made new.

Slow me down, Lord!Ease the pounding of my heartBy the quieting of my mind.Steady my harried paceWith a vision of the eternal reach of time.

Give me,Amidst the confusions of my day,The calmness of the everlasting hills.Break the tensions of my nervesWith the soothing musicOf the singing streamsThat live in my memory.

Help me to knowThe magical power of sleep,Teach me the artOf taking minute vacationsOf slowing downTo look at a flower;To chat with an old friendOr make a new one;To pat a stray dog;To watch a spider build a web;To smile at a child;Or to read a few lines from a good book.

Remind me each dayThat the race is not always to the swift;That there is more to lifeThan increasing its speed.

Let me look upwardInto the branches of the towering oakAnd know that it grew great and strongBecause it grew slowly and well.